Data & Modelling: Summer 2013

Reading through the articles in this data and modelling supplement, one thing soon becomes abundantly clear – the days when modellers were exclusively exercised with predicting how vehicles would move are over. Which is not to say, of course, that modelling the behaviour of cars and buses and so on has suddenly become of no importance. But what is quite clear from the industry experts whose ideas you will soon be reading about is that today’s modeller is primarily concerned with the travel patterns of good, old-fashioned people. They may be driving a car, or be a passenger in a car, or a passenger on public transport. Or even walking from A to B. Whatever. Times have changed for the modeller.